Collins v. Pecos & N. T. Ry. Co.
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Seventh Supreme Judicial District. Action by Robert Collins against the Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals, 'and from a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals of Amarillo (173 S. W. 250), reversing and remanding, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSadler, J.
This suit was filed in the district court of Parmer county by Robert Collins, to recover damages from the Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Company, for injuries alleged to have been caused by negligent poisoning while he was acting for the defendant as section foreman in unloading railroad ties recently treated with a mixture known as “creosote.” The negligence is, charged to have been the failure of defendant to warn him of the danger of poisoning resulting from contact with the solution.
The findings of the jury, and there is evidence to support same, sustain the allegations that about the…
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